GingerBeer
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- Mar 26, 2017
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Beware of Orthodoxy, it tends to be highly ethnic and rather inclined to subservience to the civil authorities especially in traditionally Orthodox nations. In the USA that may be different. In Australia it is somewhat different but the ethnic element is very strong. The Greeks, and the Serbs and the Russians and the Ukrainians all differ and sometimes dislike each other. I guess that is no surprise given political differences and national histories. At the moment the Russians and Greeks are at odds over Ukraine Orthodoxy which appears to be divided into two churches one linked to Russian speakers the other is more Ukrainian oriented and takes comfort from the Greeks and the Ecumenical Patriarch of "Constantinople". But Rome frightens many Anglicans for all sorts of reasons. All I can say is that I am glad not to be caught between the two or three ... or more.There are myriad reasons because Anglicanism is so broad. Some view Anglicanism as the rightful heir of Celtic Christianity and thus more authentically Catholic than the Roman 'invaders.' Those Anglicans who would identify as Protestants (and even many Anglo-Catholics) have doctrinal issues with Rome. Others have tried the Roman Ordinariates and been burned in the process. Some are freaked out by Pope Francis. A few hope the Orthodox will again warm up to us as they did at the beginning of the 1900s - for them, union with the Orthodox is preferable to union with Rome.
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